Improvement in sad-irons



N H. LINDLEY. Sad-Irons.

No. 150,967. Patented Kmq/19,1874,-

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NOAH H. LINDLEY, OF BBIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAD-IRONS.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 150,967, dated May 19,i874; application filed November 25, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, N. H. LINDLEY, of Bridgeport, in thecounty ofFairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Sad'lrons, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved sad-ironwith its handle detached and elevated above it 5 and Fig. 2 is atransverse section of the same through the dotted line x w of Fig. 1,showing the parts united together, 4and the means for attaining thatend.

Corresponding parts in the two figures are designated by like letters.

This invention relates to a certain improvement in that class ofsad-irons which are detachable from their handles; and the naturethereof consists `in the means employed in uniting the parts of thesad-iron together, to wit, a metallic bow or U-shaped pin, one arm orbranch of which is supplied with a stop or bent at its free end at aright angle to its horizontal portion or body, combined with a cap orhood appended to the handle, and a slotted and perforated post formedupon or otherwise supplied to the iron, substantially as hereinaftermore fully set forth.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention relates tomake an d use the same, I will proceed to describe it.

InV the annexed drawings, A refers to the base or iron of a sad-iron,upon which is formed or supplied thereto in any other known way a shortpost or pedestal, a, inelosed or sur` rounded by an angular inclosure orsocket, a1, formed upon the said base. In the upper ed gef of this postor pedestal is a transverse slot or passage, a2, and directly below thelatter is a hole or perforation, a3, passing through the said pedestal,the office of which will be reverted to or explained hereinafter. Brefers to the handle, suitably wrapped with some nonconducting material,and supplied with a shield or guard, to protect the hand from theascending heat of the iron while the latter is being used. To the lowerside of this handle or ellipse is secured, in any known way, a cap orhood, B", transversely through one of the sides `the sad-iron areconnected together.

of which pass the arms or branches of the bow or U-shaped pin C, asclearly shown in Fig. 2. The extremity or terminus of the upper arm orbranchof the bow C is bent downward, or at a right angle to its body, asseen at c, by which a stop is formed to prevent the withdrawal of thebow from the hood B', while the inner sides of the latter are recessedat b b to receive the said stop as the bow C is shifted fromone side tothe other of the hood, for the purpose of avoiding contact between it(the stop) and the pedestal a. The bow C protrudes sufficiently from thehood or cap B to permit of its being readily and conveniently grasped inthrusting it into and withdrawing it from contact with the pedestal orpost a of the base in uniting and detaehing the handle from the iron.The hole or perforation a3 in the post or pedestal a receives andpermits of the passage of the lower arm of the bow C to the oppositeside of the hood B, where it (the said arm) enters and rests in a recesstherein, as shown at c', Fig. 2, by which the parts of The slot orpassage a2 is simply for the purpose of allowing the stop c on the upperarm of the bow C to pass the pedestal a as the said bow is moved backand forth in attaching and de taching the parts of the sad-iron.

W'hen the handle and iron are conjoined, the cap or hood B fits downover the perles tal a and within the inclosure or socket al upon thebase A, which imparts finish and neatness to the appearance'of thecont-rivance.

The bow or pin C not being detachable from the hoodB, as abovedescribed, and therefore prevented from leavin g its place, can bequickly, and without exercising great carefulvness, adjusted withreference to the parts of I claim, und desire to secure by Letters Pat-In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed ent, ismy name this 22d dayof November, 1873, in

The iron A, having the perforated and slotpresence of two subscribingWitnesses.

ted pedestal a, handle B, having the hood or NOAH H. LINDLEY.

oop Bf, with recesses I1 b, in combination with Witnesses:

the -U-shaped piu C, with the stop c, substan- SAM, B. SUMNER,

tiztlly as and for the purpose set forth. GEO. L. WOODS.

